Ionising radiation and area-wide management of insect pests to promote sustainable agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 671-692

  Vreysen, Marc J B ^a   Robinson, Alan S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Area wide integrated pest management; Economic benefits; Natural enemies; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255165002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0394-0_29     Document Type: Chapter

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